Belle Tire wants to clear the parking lot east of the Tim Hortons coffee shop to construct an auto service building.
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Belle Tire operates more than 80 stores in southeast Michigan and Ohio.
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The 0.84-acre site is adjacent to the new Tim Hortons drive-thru coffee shop at 3965 S. State St., on property owned by Ann Arbor’s First Martin Corporation. The former Enzo’s Sports Bar was demolished in September 2012 to make way for Tim Hortons, leaving room for an additional development next to the coffee shop.
City records show the 0.84-acre property has a 2013 assessed value of $121,100. Belle Tire is under contract to purchase the property from First Martin, Belle Tire's Chief Operating Officer James Tyson wrote via email.
Plans show the existing parking lot east of Tim Hortons would be cleared to make room for Belle Tire. Plans call for 47 parking spaces.
Enright said the Tim Hortons and Belle Tire would share an access way off Ellsworth. If approved, he said construction could begin in spring 2014.
Tim Hortons opened earlier this year at 3965 S. State St.
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There will be a public hearing for the plans at the Ann Arbor Planning Commission meeting on Aug. 20.
The first Belle Tire store opened in Detroit in 1922, according to the company’s website. The chain now operates more than 80 stores in southeast Michigan and Ohio, including locations on Jackson Road, Carpenter Road and Washtenaw Avenue.
Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at 734-623-2584 or email her at lizzyalfs@annarbor.com. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/lizzyalfs.